completed Group Comments - Add Images?

Am I missing a setting somewhere to allow adding images into a comment reply?

Thanks!
updated by @dazed: 11/23/16 04:57:01AM

Enable the html editor in the comment module's settings and add images from that.
Hth


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist

For what it's worth, I added ".tif" image files to the list of image files allowed in the comments attachments.


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Thanks Paul. I love the tinymce editor but I must say that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen in a UI. Behind the scenes it is perfect but man is it ugly lol.

Must add that although it has it's problems, I quite like TinyMCE because when I demonstrate our system I can say something like "and you might recognise the interface from Wordpress, but if not you already know most of it from using MS Word." Pretty much everyone sees it and nods knowingly, so I can move on to showing more important user features.


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I think it works well but I wonder if it would be better hidden unless you want to add an attachment? So just a text box underneath with a button to click to add an attachment or insert an image. Right now it looks like I have the MS Word ribbon on my page .
updated by @dazed: 08/21/16 02:56:30PM

My members love it when they see familiar stuff and don't need to ask 'how to' do something, so I LIKE the editor showing all the options- means way less work for me answering questions. And that's a beautiful thing.


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You can reduce the number of buttons in the ribbon by deleting some from /core/template_modify/template=form_editor.tpl You have a lot of control from that template - take things out, or add them in.


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updated by @ultrajam: 08/21/16 03:59:17PM

Strumelia I understand what you are saying however from a cosmetic/UX standpoint, less is more. From the below images, what is more visually appealing? Which is easier to understand at first glance? The best websites out there are streamlined. I always use Yahoo as example. Their page is a cluster. Way too much content displayed. Are they a search engine? A news site? Email provider? The list goes on and on.

The way we have a complete editor displayed to me is overkill on a main public page. Creating/Editing a song and having the editor in there makes sense because it is behind the scenes and not displayed to anyone just going to the page. I can't recall any site that i have ever been to displaying an editor to the public. If there is I stand corrected.

You can remove all buttons except jrembed and jrsmiley.


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You can create skins for TinyMCE here: http://skin.tinymce.com/

and then upload the files from the downloaded zip file to your modules/jrCore/contrib/tinymce/skins/lightgray directory.

The only con to this is when there is a core update, you'll have to upload the files again.

Hope this helps!


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Thanks Douglas that is probably the better way to go.

Steve I want the functionality but did not want this huge white ribbon displayed on a dark site. This is why I prefer a click to see it if they want an upload because the majority of users will not want it. Additionally any change I make is global and not specific to groups only. So if I remove buttons, I would lose functionality for other comment areas.

Appreciate the help guys.